Caster



W. A. OSBORN 8v D. M. ESTEY..

GASTBR.

110.331,211. Patented 11011124.1885.

NiTnn STATES WALTER A. OSBORNAND DAVID M. ESTEY, OF OWOSSO, MICHIGAN.

CASTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 331,211, dated November 2%, 1885. Application filed April 16, 1885. Serial No. 162.392. (No model.)

4 and DAVID M. EsrEY, both residents of Owosso, in the county of Shiawassee and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements Oaster'Brackets; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

which form a part of this specification, and in Which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of our irnproved caster-bracket for furniture-legs. Fig. 2 is a perspective view, showing the same attached in position for operation upon the leg of a bureau or other` like piece of furniture. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the same, and Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on the line x x in Fig. 3.

The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures.

This invention relates to a new and improved bracket or device for securing casters to the legs of furniture, especially bureaus,

chests, and other articles, the legs of which are usually of such a nature as to afford but an imperfect support for the casters when the latter are socketed directly in the said legs; and the invention has for its object to provide a device of this class which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, inexpensiveness, and general efficiency.

Vith these ends in view the invention consists in the improved construction and arrangement of the said device, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings hereto annexed, A designates an angular plate or bracket, of such shape as to be adapted to fit the inner angle of a furniture-leg, such as shown at B in the drawings. It will of course be understood,

however, that when the furniture-leg is of a different shape-such as rounded, for instancethe shape of the plate or bracket A will be modified to correspond therewith. The inner side ofthe bracket A is provided with a hori- 5o zontal plate, C, which is connected with the said bracket by an upwardly extending vertical diagonal brace, D. At the inner edge of the said brace and the inner corner ofthe horizontal plate is formed a vertical tubular socket, E, adapted to receive the shank of an ordinarily-constructed furniture-caster, which latter is shown at E in the drawings. The lower edge of the bracket A is provided with a laterally outwardly extending iiange, F, extending under the bottom edge of the furniture-leg, and having perforations G to receive screws or other fastening devices, by means of which it may be secured to the said furniture-leg. The outer edges of the said flangel F are rounded, so that they will not be liable to catch in carpets, rugs, and the like. The outer side of the bracket A is provided with a pair of vertical dovetailed ribs, H H, adapted to enter correspondinglydovetailcd grooves I I, formed for their reception in the inner side of the furniture-leg.

The operation and advantages of this invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings hereto annexed. rlhe entire bracket, with its bottom flange, horizontal brace, vertical brace, caster-socket, and exterior ribs, may be readily cast orI formed in a single piece, and at a moderate cost of production. It may be easily and quickly applied to a furniture-leg, and affords a strong and durable support for the caster, which latter, while its movements are entirely free and unrestrained, is concealed from view, so that less expensive casters may be employed without marring the appearance of the furniture to which they are applied.

In the construction of this device we would have it understood that various changes may be necessitated, owing to the difference in construction of the furniturelegs to which the device will be applied; hence we do not limit ourselves to the precise construction herein shown and described, but reserve to ourselves the right to all such modifications as may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of our invention.

Having thus described our invention, we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States-a IOO 1. A caster-bracket for furniture, consistl upon its outer side, -in combination with a furing of a .bracketplate conforming in shape to nitureleg hav-ing dovetailed grooves to rethc inner side of thefurniture-leg to Which it ceii/e the said ribs, substantially as herein deis to be applied, and having anutWardly-exscribed, for the purpose shown and specified. tending iiange at its lower edge, and a hori- In testimony that We claim the foregoing as zontal plate and a vertical diagonal brace supour own We have hereunto affixed our signaporting a caster-socket, substantially as here- I tures in the presence of two witnesses. in described, for the purpose set forth.

2. lIn a caster bracket for furniture, a' y?, ASCSEIORN' bracket-plate having an outwardly-extending ange at its lower edge, a horizontal plate, and` a Vertical diagonal brace supporting a caster-socket, and vertical dovetailed ribsl Witnesses:

W. BROAD, GEO. M. DEWEY. 

